Bombay High Court

LAXMAN RAOJI BONDHAREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPLE SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous because the election petition has already been decided.

Summary

Laxman Raoji Bondhare filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging a matter that was also the subject of an election petition. The petitioner, through counsel N. B. Patekar, argued that the writ petition should proceed. The Court noted that the election petition had already been decided, rendering the writ petition infructuous. Consequently, the Court disposed of the writ petition as infructuous without further hearing. The order was pronounced by Judges Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Abasaheb D. Shinde.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition remains maintainable after the substantive election petition concerning the same issue has been decided

Subjects

writ petition
election petition
infructuous
high court
jurisdiction

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:44533-DB


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                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
                                    BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                  WRIT PETITION NO.13596 OF 2025

                 Laxman Raoji Bondhare                                   PETITIONER

                        VERSUS

                 The State of Maharashtra and Others                  RESPONDENTS

                                                .......
                 Mr. N. B. Patekar, Advocate for the Petitioner
                 Mr. B. B. Bhise, AGP for Respondent - State
                                                .......

                              [CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, &
                                       ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. J.]

                                      DATE : 28th SEPTEMBER, 2026

                 ORDER :

                 1.     Not on Board. Upon mentioning taken on Board.


                 2.     Learned   Advocate for the Petitioner, on instructions,

                 submits that the Writ Petition is rendered infructuous, as the

                 Election Petition is decided.


                 3.     Writ Petition is, therefore, disposed of as infructuous.



                 [ ABASAHEB D. SHINDE ]                   [ NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI ]
                        JUDGE                                        JUDGE

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